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Ava goes double-dutch crazy with Kangaroo Kids

Ava meets the Kangaroo Kids, a group of students who are precision jump ropers who are getting ready to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. They show her how to double dutch, and she really gets into it!

Ava meets the Kangaroo Kids, a group of students who are precision jump ropers who are getting ready to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. They show her how to double dutch, and she really gets into it!

Updated: 9:51 AM EST Nov 13, 2013

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Ava goes double-dutch crazy with Kangaroo Kids

Ava meets the Kangaroo Kids, a group of students who are precision jump ropers who are getting ready to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. They show her how to double dutch, and she really gets into it!

WEBVTT A FEW FLURRIES THIS MORNING AS WELL. I AM LIVE IN ELLICOTT CITY THIS MORNING. WE ARE AT THE MEADOWBROOK RECREATION CENTER AS WE ARE JOINED BY THE KANGAROO KIDS. MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN PRECISION IN BROKERING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. THEY ARE GETTING READY TO PERFORM IN THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE. I'M HERE WITH THE COACH, AND WHAT A TALENTED GROUP OF STUDENTS YEAR. WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY LAST YEAR. WE HAVE SOME SHOWS COMING UP. THERE'S THE FESTIVAL OF TREES THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. I WORE MY TENNIS SHOES TODAY AND I WILL LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF JUMP ROPING. I HAVE NOT DONE -- AND MANY, MANY YEARS. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? THEY WILL CALL YOU IN AND YOU JUST GO IN AND KEEP JUMPING EIGHT JUMPS. READY, SET, GO. OH, TRY IT AGAIN. YOU DID 2 LITTLE BOUNCES. KEEP JUMPING. MOVE FORWARD, MOVE FORWARD. MOVE FORWARD, MOVE FORWARD. I WAS GETTING COCKY. THIS IS SONY. PEOPLE AT HOME MIGHT BE INJURED -- THIS IS SO HE. PEOPLE AT HOME I BE INTERESTED GETTING THEIR KIDS INVOLVED IN THIS. WE WILL BE AT THE SITE AND YOU CAN JOIN THE BEGINNER JAMES AND GO ALL THE WAY UP. LOOK FOR THEM AT THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE. THEY HAVE TO MARCH THE ENTIRE PARADE ROUTE, MORE THAN TWO MILES LONG WHILE JUMPING ROPE. IMAGINING DOING THE WHOLE PARADE ROUTE. TONY, I WAS GETTING A LITTLE COCKY THERE. AVA, I WAS SO IMPRESSED. EVERYBODY IN THE STUDIO WAS LIKE, WOW. I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD JUMP HIGH ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE ROPE ANYMORE. I USED TO PLAY ABOVE THE RIM IN BASKETBALL. MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE I'M A BIG